Last Thursday, PayPal began notifying nearly 35,000 of its customers that their accounts were breached between Dec. 6 and 8. During the two days, PayPal claims that no money was stolen from anyone.
During National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the company spreads awareness to help people spot and avoid socially engineered phishing scams. "PayPal does not tolerate scams, and we take our duty to ...
If you’ve ever shopped online, sent money to a friend, or run a small business, chances are you’ve used or at least considered using PayPal. With millions of users worldwide, PayPal is one of the most ...
A recent data theft at PayPal caused a huge stir when a hacker was found wanting to sell access data to around 15.8 million accounts online—including user passwords in plain text. This type of data ...
PayPal has at least temporarily shut off two-factor authentication for the PayPal mobile app after a security researcher found a way to bypass that second factor. "These [two factor authentication] ...
Question: I suddenly started getting security passcodes from PayPal even though I wasn’t using it. Does this mean someone has my password and is trying to get in? Answer: It can be quite disconcerting ...
PayPal has filed a patent application for a novel method that can identify when "super-cookie" is stolen, which could improve the cookie-based authentication mechanism and limit account takeover ...
Q: I suddenly started getting security pass codes from PayPal even though I wasn’t using it. Does this mean someone has my password and is trying to get in? A: It can be quite disconcerting to get a ...
PayPal unveiled a new Security Key on Friday that will add an additional layer of security to user accounts and help prevent online criminals from gaining access to them. The PayPal Security Key is a ...
The company's new features hope to reduce stress for merchants while boosting ROI. Here's how to try them out for your business.